South Central Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 42 Texas counties. It extends from the Western Gulf Coastal Plain east across much of Louisiana and north into southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Pineywoods vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the South Central Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Spermolepis echinata | Bristly Scaleseed | |
Sporobolus giganteus | Giant Dropseed | |
Sphaeralcea hastulata | Spear Globemallow | |
Spigelia hedyotidea | Prairie Pinkroot Prairie Pink Root | |
Spermolepis inermis | Red River Scaleseed Spreading Scaleseed | |
Sphenopholis intermedia | Slender Wedgescale | |
Sporobolus junceus | Pineywoods Dropseed | |
Spiranthes laciniata | Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses Lace-lip Lady's Tresses | |
Spiranthes lacera | Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses Slender Ladies'-tresses Slender Lady's Tresses | |
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis | Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses Slender Ladies'-tresses Slender Lady's Tresses | |
Spiranthes longilabris | Giant-spiral Ladies'-tresses Giant Spiral Lady's Tresses | |
Spigelia marilandica | Woodland Pinkroot Pinkroot Indian Pink | |
Spiranthes magnicamporum | Great Plains Ladies'-tresses Great Plains Lady's Tresses | |
Sphenopholis obtusata | Prairie Wedgescale | |
Spiranthes odorata | Marsh Ladies'-tresses Fragrant Ladies'-tresses Marsh Lady's Tresses | |
Spiranthes ovalis | October Ladies'-tresses October Lady's Tresses | |
Spartina patens | Saltmeadow Cordgrass Salt-meadow Cordgrass Marsh-hay Cordgrass | |
Spiranthes parksii | Navasota Lady's Tresses Navasota Ladies'-tresses | |
Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass Freshwater Cordgrass Sloughgrass | |
Spirodela polyrrhiza | Common Duckmeat Giant Duckweed | |
Spiranthes praecox | Greenvein Ladies'-tresses Greenvein Lady's Tresses | |
Sporobolus pyramidatus | Whorled Dropseed Target Dropseed Madagascar Dropseed | |
Spergularia salina | Salt Sandspurry | |
Sporobolus silveanus | Silveus' Dropseed | |
Spartina spartinae | Gulf Cordgrass | |
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